Water-closet seat



:No Model.)

o. T; DUTRO. WATER ULOSET SEAT.

No. 557,7So.

Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

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ATTORNEYS.

ANDREW EGRAHM, FMUTD-UTHD-WASHImlD (Iv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER T. DUTRO, OF BUFFALO, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IVILLIAMII. MORAN AN D FRANCIS S. TEARNEY, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEIV YORK.

WATER-CLOSET SEAT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 557,780, dated April 7,1896.

Application filed February l1, 1895. Serial No. 537,877. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, OLIvER T. DUTRO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Tater-Closet Seats, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to water-closet and commode seats which can beadjusted for either adults or children; and it has the object to providea comfortable seat of this character which is applicable to ordinaryclosets having a single seat and cover.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of myimproved seat and the supporting-bowl, showing the seats and the coverlowered. Fig. 2 is a similar section of the seat, showing the cover andthe supplemental seat raised. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing thesupplemental seat swung down into position. Fig. 4 is a front viewcorresponding to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top plan view,partly in section,corresponding to Fig. 3.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A is the bowl of the closet, and B the usual fixed cross-piece, arrangedin rear of the bowl and having its front edge stepped to form ledges b bb2.

O is the main seat for adults, arranged immediately above the bowl andpreferably hinged at its upper rear edge to the lower ledge b2, so thatit may be raised to clear the bowl, if desired.

D is a supplemental partial seat arranged above the main seat andadapted to cover the rear portion thereof, so as to reduce the size ofits aperture and render the seat suitable for children. Thissupplemental seat is pivoted at its upper rear edge to the intermediateledge b of the cross-piece B, as shown at d, so that it may be swungdown upon the main seat, as shown inFigs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, orraised toclear the aperture ofthe main seat, as shown in Fig. 2. The supplementalseat is provided in its front edge with a concave recess CZ', whichforms the rear portion of the reduced seat-aperture when said seat islowered upon the main seat, and which is arranged to form a continuationof the edge of the main seataperture, as shown in Fig. 5. The edge ofered, as shown in Fig. l.

this recess is preferably beveled to correspond to the bevel of the mainseat-aperture.

E is the cover of the seats, arranged to rest upon the supplementalseat, and which is hinged at its upper rear edge to the top ledge of thecross-pieceB, as shown at e, so that it may be raised clear of theseats.

F is a filling-piece which is secured to the under side of the frontportion of the cover and which occupies the vacant space above the mainseat and in front of the supplemental seat when the` latter and thecover are low- This filling-piece is of the same thickness as thesupplemental seat, so as to rest upon the main tseat when the cover islowered. The lling-piece serves to support the front portion of thecover when in this position, thus preventing breakage or splittingthereof by sitting upon it, which would be liable to occur in theabsence of the iilling-piece. The inner edge of the latter is preferablyshaped to conform to the front.

edge of the supplemental seat, as shown in the drawings.

g is a turn-button or other suitable catch arranged near the inner edgeof the fillingpiece and adapted to engage with the outer portion of thesupplemental seat, so as to cause the latter to move with the cover. Thesupplemental seat is normally connected with the cover, as shown in Fig.2, so that upon raising the cover the seat is suitable for adults, whilewhen it is desired to adjust the seat for children the supplemental seatis disengaged from the cover and lowered. Owing to the differentelevations at which the cover and the supplemental seat are hinged, thefront edge of said seat recedes from and approaches the inner edge ofthe filling-piece in opening and closing the cover, and in order tomaintain the connection between these parts the turnbutton is made longenough to overlap the supplemental seat in all positions thereof.

When my improved water-closet seat is adjusted for children, the rearedge of the seataperture is higher than the front edge and acts as abrace or rear support, which enables a small child to sit upright morecomfortably than is the case when the entire edge of the aperture is inthe same plane. This construction possesses the further advantage IOOthat it permits the employment of hard Wood, such as Walnut or cherry,for the supplemental or half seat, and the use of a cheap or inferiorWood for the filling-piece secured to the cover, thus reducing the costof the seat.

The seat can be applied at small additional expense to closets havingthe usual main seat and cover by providing the usual cross-piece orseat-support With an additional ledge, providing the cover with thelling-piece and hinging it to this ledge, and hinging the supplementalseat to the intermediate ledge.

I claim as my invention* l. The combination with a main seat having anaperture, of a supplemental partial seat arranged to cover the rearportion of the main seat for reducing the size of its aperture, wherebythe reduced seat-aperture is formed partly by the main seat and partlyby the supplemental seat, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a main seat having an aperture, of asupplemental partial seat arranged above the main seat, adapted to coverthe rear portion of the latter for reducing the size of its aperture andprovided in its front edge With a concave recess forming the rearportion of the reduced aperture, substantially as set forth.

cover the rear portion thereof for reducing the size of the aperture,and a cover arranged above the supplemental seat and having on its underside a filling-piece adapted to occupy the space in front of thesupplemental seat, and provided at its inner edge with a catch adaptedto engage with the supplemental seat for connecting the latter with thecover, substantially as set forth.

Vitness my hand this 0th day of February, 1895.

OLIVER T. DUTRO.

lVitnesses:

JNO. J. BoNNnR, CARL F. GEYER.

